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RASTER ST7F REGULATING CIRCUIT
This invention relates to a raster size regulating
circuit.
A typical deflection circuit output stage of a television
receiver or video display monitor includes a trace switch, a
retrace capacitor, an S-shaping capacitor, and a horizontal
deflection winding. During the retrace interval the switch is
opened, forming a resonant retrace circuit that develops a large
amplitude retrace pulse across the deflection winding. The
deflection winding generates a sawtooth shaped current which is
used to deflect the electron beams horizontally across the screen
of a cathode ray tube (CRT). The deflection retrace pulse may be
used in conjunction with an integrated high voltage transformer
(IHVT) to generate the ultor voltage that accelerates the electron
beams to the phosphor screen of the CRT.
The IHVT includes a high voltage winding which may
be segmented into several winding sections. A high voltage diode
is coupled in series with each winding segment. The large
2 0 amplitude retrace pulse voltage applied to the primary winding of
the IHVT, is stepped up by the high voltage winding, and rectified
by the high voltage diodes to develop an ultor voltage of,
illustratively, 24 to 29 kilovolt.
Deflection sensitivity and thus raster size vary as a
function of the ultor voltage. Variations in the ultor voltage
produced by variations in beam current loading may produce
undesirable variations in raster size that distort the picture
displayed on the picture tube screen. An increase in the level of
the beam current, results in a reduction in the ultor voltage that,
3 0 in turn, increases the width of the raster scan. Conversely, a
decrease in the beam current which results in an increase in the
ultor voltage may reduce the effect of the deflection field on the
beam and cause the raster width to decrease.
The IHVT has a typical source impedance of,
3 5 illustratively, 1 megaohm and delivers ultor current of 1 to 2
milliampere, average, depending upon the desired picture power
of the television receiver. As beam current is drawn by the
picture tube anode, the ultor voltage will drop because of the
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IHVT output impedance and because of the relatively low ultor
terminal capacitance formed by the inner and outer conductive
coatings of the picture tube. At a low beam current, a given
change in the beam current will cause a more significant change in
5 the ultor voltage because the IHVT has a higher output impedance
than at a high beam current.
It may be desirable to vary the supply voltage to the
deflection circuit output stage that controls the amplitude of the
deflection current in a nonlinear manner as a function of a
10 variation of the beam current such that, at the low beam current,
a given increase in the beam current produces a larger decrease in
the supply voltage and in the deflection current amplitude than at
the high beam current.
A raster size regulating apparatus, embodying an
15 aspect of the invention for a video display, includes an
arrangement for generating an ultor voltage at an ultor terminal
that produces a beam current. An output impedance at the ultor
terminal causes the ultor voltage to decrease when the beam
current increases that tends to increase a size of a raster on a
2 0 display screen of the video display. A deflection circuit output
stage is responsive to a first control voltage for generating a
deflection current in a deflection winding at a controllable
amplitude that varies in accordance with the first control voltage.
A magnitude of the first control voltage varies in accordance with
2 5 the beam current to decrease the deflection current amplitude
when the beam current increases in a nonlinear manner so as to
regulate the size of the raster. An increase in the beam current
by a given amount, produces a substantially larger decrease in the
deflection current amplitude, when the beam current is smaller
30 than a first value, than when the beam current is larger than the
first value.
The sole FIGURE illustrates a deflection apparatus with
raster width control, embodying an aspect of the invention.
In the sole FIGURE, a regulated B+ voltage is applied to
3 5 a primary winding W1 of an IHVT, flyback transformer T1.
Primary winding W1 is coupled to a horizontal deflection output
stage 20. Output stage 20 includes a horizontal output transistor
Q1, a deflection damper diode D1, a deflection retrace capacitor
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CRH and a horizontal deflection winding LH coupled in a series
relationship with an S-shaping capacitor Cs. A horizontal oscillator
and driver 21 provides the horizontal rate switching of transistor
Q1 to generate a horizontal scanning or deflection current iH in a
5 deflection winding LH and a retrace pulse voltage VR at the
collector of transistor Q 1.
Flyback transformer Tl functions as a high voltage
transformer of a high voltage generator 50. Generator 50
generates an ultor voltage VHV at an ultor terminal 52. To
10 generate ultor voltage VHV , retrace pulse voltage VR is applied to
primary winding Wl, stepped up by a segmented high voltage
winding W2, rectified by corresponding high voltage diodes D3,
and filtered by an ultor capacitance C0 to develop DC ultor voltage
VHV. The ultor capacitance may be provided by the capacitance
15 formed between the inner and outer conductive coatings of the
picture tube, not shown.
A DC current path of a beam current iBEAM supplied
from ultor terminal 52 begins at a ground conductor GND and goes
through resistors R8 and R7 to a resupply terminal 51 of winding
20 W2 that is coupled to the low-AC end of high voltage winding W2.
An automatic beam limiter circuit 153 may be coupled to terminal
51 for limiting video drive to the picture tube when beam current
loading on ultor terminal 52 reaches a predetermined value, in a
well known manner. A filter capacitor Cl is also coupled to
2 5 terminal 51.
A voltage Vrs that is indicative of a magnitude of
beam current iBEAM and that is developed between resistors R7
and R8 is coupled at a beam current sense terminal 53 to a supply
regulator 22, embodying an aspect of the invention, that controls
3 0 the B+ voltage. The B+ voltage regulates the raster size by
decreasing the amplitude of the deflection current as a function of
an increase in the beam current loading, as explained later on.
Supply regulator 22 includes a chopper transistor Q4
that couples an unregulated supply voltage, obtained from, for
3 5 example, a bridge rectifier, not shown, across a winding W3 of a
chopper transformer T2. A diode D5 rectifies a transformer-
coupled voltage developed in a secondary winding W4 of
transformer T2, as a result of a switching operation of transistor
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Q4, for producing B+ voltage. A feedback voltage VFB that is
representative of the B+ voltage is produced at a terminal of a
voltage divider 63 and coupled to an inverting input terminal of
an error amplifier 62. A controllable reference voltage VREF that
5 is produced in a nonlinear network 10, embodying an aspect of
the invention, is coupled to a noninverting input terminal of
amplifier 62. Voltage VREF varies in a nonlinear manner as a
function of the beam current that flows through resistor R8, as
explained later on.
1 0 An output terminal 62a of amplifier 62 is coupled to
an input terminal of a pulse-width-modulator 61 that produces a
pulse-width modulated signal 61 a having a duty cycle that varies
in accordance with the B+ voltage and in accordance with voltage
VREF,controlled by nonlinear network 10. Signal 61a is coupled
1 5 through a driver stage 60 to a base electrode of chopper transistor
Q4 for varying the switching duty cycle of transistor Q4. For a
given level of the beam current or of voltage VREF, the B+ voltage
is maintained constant as a result of the negative feedback loop, in
a well known manner.
2 0 Nonlinear arrangement 10 includes a transistor Q2
having its base electrode coupled to terminal 53 where beam
current representative voltage Vrs is developed. Transistor Q2
operates as an emitter follower having its emitter coupled to a
base electrode of a transistor Q3 via a resistor R5. The emitter
electrode of transistor Q3 is coupled to a terminal 54 for
controlling voltage VREF. The base of transistor Q3 is also coupled
to terminal 53 via a resistor R4. The collector electrode of
transistor Q3 is coupled via a resistor R3 to a cathode of a zener
diode Z1 that develops a zener voltage Vz of 4.7 volts at a
terminal 55. Transistor Q3 and resistor R3 form a variable
impedance or a controllable current source network between
terminals 54 and 55 that varies in response to variations in
voltage Vrs. A diode D4 and a resistor R2, coupled in series, form
a second network that is coupled between terminals 54 and 55 in
3 5 parallel with the variable impedance network of transistor Q3 and
resistor R3.
The base voltage of transistor Q3 is established in
accordance with voltage Vrs and the ratio between resistors R4
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and R5. When the beam current is zero, transistor Q3 is
maintained substantially in cut-off as a result of a predetermined
ratio between resistors R4 and R5 forming a voltage divider. A DC
current i 1 through a resistor R 1 that flows to terminal 54 flows
5 substantially through diode D4 and resistor R2 but not through
transistor Q3 when transistor Q3 is in cut-off. Therefore, at zero
beam current, voltage VREF is equal to the sum of zener voltage
Vz, a forward voltage drop in diode D4, VD and a voltage drop
across resistor R2 that is equal to il R2.
As the beam current increases, transistor Q3 conducts
a greater portion of current i1 and, hence, reduces the current flow
through diode D4 and resistor R2. Therefore, voltage VREF
becomes less positive as beam current iBEAM increases. Diode D4
maintains the collector-emitter voltage across transistor Q3 above
its saturation value at a low beam current such that the voltage
across resistor R2 is maintained in the 100-200 mv range.
The increase in beam current iBEAM causes ultor
voltage VHV to decrease as a result of beam current loading of
transformer T1. A decrease in voltage VREF occurs as a result of
the increase in the beam current, as explained before. The
decrease in voltage VREF will cause the B+ voltage to decrease as
well, as a result of the negative feedback loop. The decrease in
the B+ voltage compensates for the tendency of the raster width to
increase as a result of the decrease in ultor voltage VHV.
2 5 At a predetermined level of the beam current,
transistor Q3 becomes fully saturated. Therefore, in accordance
with an inventive feature, a given increase in beam current iBEAM
will have a substantially smaller effect on voltage VREF than at a
lower beam current, when transistor Q3 operates as a controllable
3 0 current source. For example, when the beam current increases
from zero to, for example, 300 ~A, the B+ voltage decreases by
1.3%. In comparison, when the beam current increases from 300
to 1525 ,uA, an increase that is approximately four times than in
the range 0-300 IlA, the B+ voltage decreases by only 0.4%. This
3 5 feature is desirable because at a lower beam current, ultor voltage
V Hv decreases more for a given increase in the beam current
than at a higher beam current. Consequently, in accordance with
an inventive feature, the decrease in the B+ voltage that is
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required for maintaining the raster width constant is made larger
at a low beam current than at a high beam current.
When the beam current is significantly high, transistor
Q2 operates as a clamp to prevent voltage Vrs from becoming
S more negative than -12 volts. Therefore, an undesirable further
decrease in voltage VREF at such significantly high beam current
that would have occurred due to the current increase in resistor
R5 is prevented by the clamping operation.
A capacitor C10 that is coupled between the base and
10 collector of transistor Q3 forms an R-C network with resistors R4
and R5 having a large time constant that is in the milliseconds
range. Such large time constant, advantageously, prevents a fast
change in the beam current due to, for example, television station
channel selection change or a sudden large change in the
15 brightness of the picture scene from producing a fast change in
voltage VREF. Had such fast change in voltage VREF been allowed
to occur, the negative feedback loop that generates voltage B+
might not have been able to respond fast enough. Therefore, a
distortion in the picture and an undesirable sound in transformer
2 0 T2 due to mechanical vibration might have occurred. Thus, the
large value of capacitor C 1 prevents such undesirable transient
condition from occurring.
